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Review: Despicable Me 2

8 August 2013 by Jess

Movie release poster for Despicable Me 2, courtesy Universal Pictures

Photo courtesy of Courtesy Universal Pictures

I had high hopes, and I know everyone else loved it, but I liked the first one better. I’m sorry. I thought the villain was better, I thought the story was better, and even the minions were better.

I was most looking forward to Kristin Wiig as Lucy, Gru’s love interest, and she was pretty darn funny, but the movie just didn’t do it for me. The plot was far weaker than the last movie: I don’t buy “love interest” as the only method of change for Gru to transition to. The girls were adorable and hilarious as ever, and throwing in some “fatherly” issues for Gru to deal with was appropriate, if a little cliche, but it just didn’t hold up to the last one.

I finally figured out who the crazy purple character in the “turn off your cell phones” ad was though! (AMC Theatres have been showing a short before the movie starts lately with the minions in a movie theater, and some crazy purple thing doing everything you’re NOT supposed to do when you come into the movie theater.) But Dave (minion) takes care of it, and the point is that we should “all be more like Dave” when we go to the movies. The purple guy is actually a minion who gets transformed into a destructive angry baddie in Despicable Me 2, so that at least was satisfying.

3-starsIf you’re an adult. I felt a little too old to enjoy this movie that much, even though I really enjoyed the first one and usually enjoy animated films, even now that I’m in my twenties. It had some pretty wonderful and hilarious moments, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re taking some younglings with you.

4-starsIf you’re a kid. Kids will love this one just as much as the last one, and won’t see the plot failings or object to them the way I did. But some of them may still like the original one best.

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Filed Under: animated movies, comedy, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2013, despicable me 2, kristen wiig, sequels, steve carrell

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